Canadian Solar Announces Key Personnel Changes
PVTIME – On 24 December, Canadian Solar Inc. (CSIQ) announced a series of personnel changes. The company appointed Colin Parkin as a member of its Board of Directors and as…
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US$4.75b! Alphabet to Acquire Clean Energy Firm Intersect Power
PVTIME – Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire the US-based clean energy developer Intersect Power in a $4.75 billion deal involving cash and…
Purelight Power US Solar Installer Files for Bankruptcy Following Tax Credit Changes
PVTIME – The US solar panel installation company Purelight Power has announced that it will cease all national business operations, making 109 permanent redundancies across the country, and initiate bankruptcy…
2GW! Ohio to Gain Solar Module Facility on Former Coal Plant Turf
PVTIME – The 2GW Conesville coal-fired power plant in Coshocton County, Ohio, ceased operations in 2020, having supplied electricity to areas east of Columbus for 62 years. A local initiative…
400MW! Ecoprogetti Launches Solar Module Line in Oman
PVTIME – Italian photovoltaic equipment supplier Ecoprogetti has announced the successful commissioning of a fully automated 400MW solar module production line in Salalah, Oman. The completion of the facility marks…
$30M! Waaree Energies Invests in Polysilicon Firm United Solar Holding
PVTIME – Waaree Solar Americas, a subsidiary of India’s leading photovoltaic company, Waaree Energies, has announced a strategic investment of 30 million US dollars in the polysilicon manufacturer, United Solar…
2.1GW! T1 Energy Initiates Construction of TOPCon Cell Plant in Texas
PVTIME – US solar manufacturer T1 Energy has begun the first phase of construction on a TOPCon battery manufacturing facility in Texas, which will increase the country’s expanding solar cell…
700MW Gigafactory Plan Adjusted French Firm Teams Up With LONGi
PVTIME – The French solar module manufacturer Carbon has announced changes to its proposed gigafactory plan in France. The key change involves the firm abandoning its independently developed N-type TOPCon…
Battery Blaze Hits Warwick NY Storage Facility
PVTIME – At approximately 22:15 on 19 December 2025, a lithium-ion battery storage facility operated by Convergent Energy and Power caught fire at 28 Church Street, Village of Warwick, New…
1.1GW Egyptian Solar Storage Project for Scatec
PVTIME – Norwegian renewable energy firm Scatec has announced two significant milestones in Africa: it has secured an equity agreement for the 1.1GW, 200MWh Obelisk solar storage project in Egypt…
